Table 32. Higher education R&D expenditures at historically black colleges and universities, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution All R&D expenditures Computer and information sciencesa Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciencesa Life sciences Mathematics and statisticsa Physical sciences Psychology Social sciences Sciences, nec Engineering All non-S&E fields
All HBCUs 567,864 15,999 25,714 314,445 7,239 58,761 4,117 12,043 9,759 58,864 60,923
1 Florida A&M U. 45,390 133 3,080 21,178 39 2,638 399 9 2,790 2,590 12,534
2 Howard U. 41,038 2,549 3,394 21,237 487 2,220 1,731 1,190 0 7,604 626
3 Morehouse School of Medicine 38,774 0 0 38,774 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U. 33,759 1,757 324 17,970 30 709 12 59 67 10,854 1,977
5 Alabama A&M U. 30,289 i 1,001 i 1,873 i 16,581 i 301 i 2,307 i 637 i 1,035 i 0 i 5,142 i 1,412 i
6 Jackson State U. 23,832 1,553 1,764 3,642 302 7,699 0 207 2,877 4,364 1,424
7 Delaware State U. 21,320 0 597 11,451 1,407 6,929 0 0 0 0 936
8 U. of the Virgin Islands 21,215 0 0 20,951 0 0 0 0 264 0 0
9 Tennessee State U. 19,520 389 0 13,626 339 964 176 3 0 2,827 1,196
10 Tuskegee U. 16,535 81 i 0 i 9,308 i 21 i 472 i 64 i 30 i 0 i 6,532 i 27 i
11 Morehouse C. 15,971 45 0 114 110 2,150 0 17 1,763 0 11,772
12 Morgan State U. 15,727 0 4,578 4,689 646 916 8 584 0 3,932 374
13 Fayetteville State U. 15,725 356 300 1,202 167 616 0 271 0 128 12,685
14 Meharry Medical C. 14,768 0 0 14,768 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Hampton U. 14,225 484 3,537 1,053 178 4,901 0 2,516 0 903 653
16 South Carolina State U. 13,076 i 0 i 0 i 7,955 i 130 i 897 i 256 i 543 i 0 i 2,296 i 999 i
17 Prairie View A&M U. 12,616 257 0 8,193 47 1,603 2 7 16 2,386 105
18 North Carolina Central U. 12,463 0 408 6,021 0 3,406 20 684 0 0 1,924
19 Xavier U. Louisiana 12,084 346 0 4,280 0 7,021 10 11 0 392 24
20 Langston U. 11,178 0 0 10,743 0 0 0 0 0 198 237
21 Fisk U. 10,635 178 0 4,205 174 3,046 0 0 78 0 2,954
22 Dillard U. 9,566 0 0 7,046 0 568 0 1,845 0 0 107
23 U. Arkansas, Pine Bluff 8,873 0 0 6,838 809 493 0 19 714 0 0
24 Clark Atlanta U. 8,513 162 0 6,206 0 1,797 0 45 0 272 31
25 U. Maryland, Eastern Shore 8,250 0 3,210 4,965 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
26 Alcorn State U. 8,204 0 6 5,452 0 0 0 2,459 0 287 0
27 Virginia State U. 8,147 0 97 4,928 94 73 422 120 0 2,214 199
28 Norfolk State U. 7,593 3,796 0 146 32 1,383 0 0 0 1,839 397
29 Kentucky State U. 7,178 41 0 6,842 0 51 126 0 0 0 118
30 Lincoln U., Jefferson City 5,826 0 0 4,850 197 47 0 134 598 0 0
31 West Virginia State U. 5,224 41 0 4,823 0 145 0 0 0 215 0
32 Fort Valley State U. 5,138 0 0 4,877 153 108 0 0 0 0 0
33 Southern U. and A&M C., Agricultural Research and Extension Center 4,704 0 0 4,704 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Texas Southern U. 4,495 361 0 2,296 0 294 0 218 498 97 731
35 Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge 4,322 135 692 266 0 915 0 1 0 1,258 1,055
36 U. of the District of Columbia 3,469 0 124 2,294 187 0 0 0 0 864 0
37 Tougaloo C. 2,473 0 0 1,747 0 0 0 0 0 0 726
38 Alabama State U. 2,372 0 0 2,372 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Wiley C. 2,301 i 4 i 0 i 24 i 75 i 0 i 0 i 6 i 0 i 0 i 2,192 i
40 Savannah State U. 2,267 0 987 659 0 16 0 6 0 593 6
41 Johnson C. Smith U. 2,094 53 0 428 0 69 0 16 0 75 1,453
42 Spelman C. 1,929 111 0 681 59 170 207 4 0 59 638
43 Bowie State U. 1,927 1,168 0 318 0 21 0 0 0 0 420
44 Elizabeth City State U. 1,889 85 128 8 629 817 0 3 0 0 219
45 Claflin U. 1,772 375 97 565 54 656 0 1 0 0 24
46 Benedict C. 1,653 216 359 170 112 372 0 0 0 424 0
47 Central State U. 1,643 308 110 541 0 27 44 0 94 519 0
48 Grambling State U. 1,570 0 0 160 311 983 0 0 0 0 116
49 Albany State U. 1,496 0 49 914 0 358 3 0 0 0 172
50 Winston-Salem State U. 1,356 0 0 595 0 474 0 0 0 0 287
51 Oakwood U. 966 0 0 289 149 430 0 0 0 0 98
52 Shaw U. 514 14 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0